Health Care : Current Reviews

An Appraisal on the Acceptance and Level of Satisfaction of Nursing Students to the Utilization of the Learning Management Systems

Emy D. Delgado ¹Far Eastern University, Philippines

Received: 15-Dec-2020 Published: 26-Jan-2021, DOI: 10.35248/2375-4273.21.9.268

Students experiencing course technology difficulties reported significantly lower perceptions of teaching presence than those experiencing no difficulty. Significant differences were found between specific course instructional strategies and each presence and course satisfaction. The findings provided faculty with an understanding of online course management and teaching/learning strategies that may increase students’ perceptions of presence in online courses and improve student satisfaction with online learning.

The globalization of LMSs in HEI has created a plethora of studies on integration of information and communications technology. Quite a variety of topics emerge in literature, ranging from utilization of LMS, evaluation of LMS, awareness of LMS, implementation of LMS, assessment of LMS to user-satisfaction.

Conversely, despite the advancement in digital technology, the use of LMSs continues to pose a big challenge to HEIs. Various international research studies have been done to identify the gaps and challenges of LMSs. Thus, universities and colleges take on the challenge to better equip with the current trends in global academic society. Along this process though, problems arise, including technological fear and IT infrastructure issues.

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the nursing students’ acceptance and satisfaction on the utilization of learning management systems as a learning pedagogy.

The researchers employed descriptive-correlational research design in gathering the necessary information in the study. This is utilized to identify the relationship between two variables namely acceptance of students and their level of satisfaction in the utilization of Learning Management Systems. The sample in this study included the undergraduate nursing students in three selected nursing schools who were enrolled between second semester and summer from 2018 to 2019 and were taking up nursing management courses. The participating schools were those who have been consistently utilizing learning management systems for at least three consecutive years.

This study utilized a survey questionnaire adapted from the study of Eom (2015) and were modified to a higher extent to tailor-fit the learning variables as practiced in undergraduate nursing schools.

E-learning characteristics can buffer the relationship between learner characteristics and intention to adopt further e-learning in the future and that high levels of support can compensate individuals who are low in technological efficacy to adopt e-learning Wang (2016). It is recommended that knowledge workers, including faculty members need to continuously enhance their knowledge and skills to advance their work performance. As e-learning is increasingly being adopted, the issue of e-learning usage has arisen both in practice and in academia. The results indicate that while performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence significantly influence the behavioral intention of e-learning, behavioral intention and facilitating conditions significantly influence use behavior for e-learning systems.

The nursing students, regardless of their year level, have a higher level of satisfaction in using the features of both CANVAS and MOODLE. They are also self-motivated and their interaction with the peer and their faculty did not were not really affected by which year level they belong.

The features of LMS will allow an adjustable and dynamic ecosystem that can integrate different interactive learning activities. The nursing students’ level of satisfaction is not determined by how frequent they utilized LMS. In the aspect of specific platform utilized, all variables are not significant in identifying the level of satisfaction of nursing students. This means that nursing students are satisfied with both Canvas and Moodle. The learning needs and learning experience of nursing students on LMS should be met for them to fully accept LMS as a productivity tool. Meeting those learning needs may indicate a higher learning satisfaction. Indeed, the technological advances have taken a toll on the teaching and learning needs of nursing students. Learning Management Systems have taken on a significant role in providing educational resources. The successful use of these systems in higher education is crucial to improve the quality of learning.

Results of this study infer that a more comprehensive, more systematic and more collaborative pedagogical model is needed to ensure that quality utilization and purpose of LMS are implemented to ensure acceptance and satisfaction among end-users. Thus, creating an effective LMS Utilization Model is essential to ensure that issues and challenges are completely addressed and LMSs are consistently utilized to be able to achieve a higher level of acceptance and satisfaction among nursing students.